About Lara

Lara Markstein is a South African born New Zealander, currently living in the United States. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Harvard University, and received her Masters in Fine Arts from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Her work has appeared in Glimmer Train, Agni Online, The Michigan Quarterly Review, and The Chicago Quarterly Review, among others, and has been recognized by the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Short Story Awards. Her latest story is forthcoming from the Santa Monica Review.